Spain in general

Little dogs- theyre everywhere. I have like 20 pictures of little dogs. So cute. A lot of them don’t even need leashes.

Culture- its great. People don’t have a lot of room in their houses/apartments so everyone meets together outside in public places. Madrid has a giant beautiful park, and when we saw it it was just packed with people hanging out. In Madrid more than Barcelona, there are tons of places with café tables outside and at almost all hours of the day and night they are full. There a little public playgrounds everywhere too.

Efficiency- you’d never realize how wasteful you are until you’ve been out of the US. The hotels have a little slot next to the main light switch for your keycard, and when you leave the room and take it, all the lights turn off automatically. Also most bathrooms have individual little lights for the stalls, and they are on timers. The toilets don’t use much water, and usually you can choose how much of a flush you need. Most escalators slow down when no one is on them. And if a store has an escalator, a lot of times its only one upwards escalator. Also the doors of the metro trains don’t open automatically unless you push a button.

**edit: apparently i dont know the difference between elevator and escalator. fixed.

*Little Dogs

*Misc Friends pics